Showing posts with label crimp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crimp. Show all posts

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Tigger time?

More tigertail makes this time with three separate strands of tigertail wire which are crimped only at the ends.  Each strand is a different length so that when they are crimped together it gives the appearance of wearing three necklaces. I've used different, yet complimentary combinations on each strand within a necklace.

The class make ... first attempt
 The first attempt used a variety of beads including some of the felt beads I made earlier.

Monochrome
I love the classic look of black and silver.


Soothing lilac
Your eyes do not deceive you the tigertail is coloured :-)

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Triple tigertails

Another technique and effect using tigertail wire can be achieved using multiple threads.

Materials and Tools: Tigertail wire, crimps, beads

This recipe uses a repeated pattern using seed beads, a slightly larger bead for each thread and then a larger bead for all the threads.

1. Crimp all three threads together, including the fastener as appropriate.
2. On each of the threads add 3-5 seed beads, one larger bead, 3-5 seed beads. 
3. Add a larger bead with all three threads going through the same bead.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 to required length.